Scrap chute and bundler



(No Mode 1'.) e P. BERRES.

SCRAP CHUTE AND BUNDLER.

v 'No. 577,611.

Patented Feb. 23, 1897..

Wjenesses By X19 Ettaewrgeys,

PETER BERRES, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

SCRAP CHUTE AND BUNDLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 577,611, dated February 23, 1897.

Application filed September 26, 1896- Serial No. 607,061- (NO model.) I

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER BERRES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Scrap Chute and Bundler, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a combined scrap chute and bundler adapted for use by tin and sheet-metal manufacturers in connection with shears and designed to cat-ch the strips or trimmings of sheets as they are cut to the commercial size, said strips or trimmings forming what is known as scrap; and the object in view is to provide means for collecting and bundling the scrap in compact form, whereby space in the shop is economized, and whereby the proprietors are enabled, on account of the bundles being of uniform weight, to estimate the proportionate amount of work done by their employees.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of an apparatus constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same.

Similar numerals of reference indicate cor responding parts in both figures of the drawings.

1 designates a chute which is adapted to be arranged contiguous to or in contact with the lower or stationary blade of trimming-sh ears, and pivotally mounted in the chute is a check-flap 2, having its spindle 3 mounted in suitable bearings in the side walls and extended at one end to form an arm 4:, provided with an adjustable weight 5. This weight is provided with a set-screw 6, whereby it may be locked at any desiredpoint upon the arm, and the latter is preferably graduated to indieate different weights necessary to be placed upon the check-flap to counterbalance the weight 5 and thus discharge the contents of the chute.

The above mechanism constitutes a weighing apparatus for determining the quantity of material which must be deposited in the chute before the contents of the latter are discharged,and in connection with this weighing apparatus I employ a bundler consisting of an open-topped receptacle '7, adapted to receive the scrap discharged from the chute, and mounted in operative relation with the receptacle is a rock-shaft S, carrying compressing or bundling arms 9. These arms are downwardly-concaved to extend over the scrap arranged in the receptacle '7 and operate through vertical slots 10 in the rear wall or hanger of the receptacle, the front wall being correspondingly slotted, as shown at 11, in alinement with'the slots 10, for the passage of a binding wire or band 12, which is shown in full lines in Fig. 1 in the position which it occupies before the scrap is deposited in the receptacle.

I preferably employ two compressing or bundling arms and a corresponding number of binding wires or bands, which are arranged in vertical planes in contact with the floor of the receptacle, whereby the scrap is deposited thereon. One extremity of each binding-wire extends through the front slot 11 and the other extends to the rear of the rear wall or hanger through the slot 10. Obviously when the scrap has been deposited in the receptacle upon the binding wires or bands, which have been previously arranged in place therein, it is necessary to compress the bundle into compact form and at the same time draw the upper extremities of the binding-wires tightly over the bundle and bring them to positions contiguous to the lower extremities of the wires. In order to accomplish this with facility, the extremities of the compressing or bundling arms are notched, as shown at 13, and the upper extremities of the wires lie in these notches when the apparatus is in its inoperative position. (Indicated in full lines in Fig. 1.) After the scrap has been deposited in the receptacle a lever 14, which is attached to one end of the rock-shaft 8, is drawn forwardly and downwardly, as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1, thus bringing the compressing-arms into contact with the upper side of the scrap and thereby settling it compactly in the receptacle, and also the upper extremities of the binding-wires are arranged.

contiguous to the other extremities thereof and cross or intersect the latter in position to be engaged by pincers for forming the twist necessary to secure the bundle.

In connection with the above mechanism I also employmeans for holding or looking the compressing-arms in their operative position, (indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1 and in full lines in Fig. 2,) said means consisting of a ratchet-wheel 15, carried by the rock-shaft, and a pawl 16, mounted upon the hanger and arranged to engage said ratchet. The pawl and ratchet are so arranged as to allow the compressing-arms to be depressed, but prevent their movement in the opposite direction without disengaging the pawl. Hence when the lever is drawn down to compress the bundle the arms are held in that position until the binding-wires have been secured.

It will be understood, furthermore, that while the feature of the weighing apparatus is desirable as constituting a means for determining the relative amounts of work accomplished by different employees it is not indispensable to the operation of the bundler, and when the space is limited, or is insufficient to arrange the entire apparatus as above described, I have found it necessary to employ the bundler independently of the weighing apparatus.

Furthermore, it will be understood that other indicating means than a weighing apparatus may be employed for regulating the size of the bundles or indicating the proper time for securing a bundle by the tying devices above described, and also that various other changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A scrap-bundler having a receptacle provided with alined front and rear slots adapted to receive a binding wire or band for arrangement upon the floor of the receptacle, the front slots having open upper ends to receive said wires and compressing or bundling arms mounted to swing in the planes of said slots and provided with means for carrying one extremity of the binding wire or band over the contents of the receptacle into a position contiguous to the other extremity, substantially as specified.

2. A scrap-bundler having a receptacle provided in its front and rear walls with registering slots, and compressing or bundling arms fulcrumed in rear of the rear wall to swing in the planes of and through the slots to compress the contents of the" receptacle, and provided with terminal notches for engaging the rear extremities of binding wires or bands to carry the same over the upper side of the bundle, the front ends of said wires or bands resting in the front walls which are open at their upper ends, substantially as specified.

3. A scrap-bun dler having a receptacle provided in its front and rear walls with registering slots, compressing or bundling arms mounted to operate through said slots and swing over and compress the contents of the receptacle, means, as a lever, for operating said arms, and a locking device consisting of a ratchet and pawl for securing the compressing-arms in their depressed posit-ion during the tying of a bundle, substantially as specified.

4. The combination with a scrap'chute having automatic weighing devices including a check-flap and yielding means for normally holding the check-flap in its operative position, of a scrap-bundler having a receptacle of which the rear wall is connected with the rear wall of the chute and is provided, in common with the front wall, with vertical slots, a rock-shaft mounted in rear of the rear wall of the receptacle, compressing or bundling arms carried by the rock-shaft and adapted to operate through the slots in said rear wall, and means for actuating the compressing-arms, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoingas my own I havehereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

PETER BERRES.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. SIGGERS, HAROLD H. SIMMs. 

